Denise Horoky
@fadedbleujeans.bsky.social
Retired educator, researcher, and academic.
Photographer, Gardener, Tree-Hugger, and Flâneuse.
Often found in a diner. Wine with dinner. Beer with pizza.
Photographer, Gardener, Tree-Hugger, and Flâneuse.
Often found in a diner. Wine with dinner. Beer with pizza.
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Ann Hermes spent six years photographing American newsrooms, from Juneau to St. Louis, forming a witty and elegiac portrait of local journalism in action. See her images. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/YCzYut
The Offices Only a Newsperson Could Love
Ann Hermes spent six years documenting American newsrooms, from Juneau to St. Louis, forming a witty and elegiac portrait of local journalism in action.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Ann Hermes spent six years photographing American newsrooms, from Juneau to St. Louis, forming a witty and elegiac portrait of local journalism in action. See her images. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/YCzYut
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Strong winds that prompted an Environment Canada alert this week have briefly uncovered a rarely-seen shipwreck on Lake Erie.
https://ow.ly/1mOt50Xz4mh
https://ow.ly/1mOt50Xz4mh
Lake Erie shipwreck uncovered by strong winds - The Weather Network
By Thursday morning, water had re-covered the wreck
ow.ly
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Strong winds that prompted an Environment Canada alert this week have briefly uncovered a rarely-seen shipwreck on Lake Erie.
https://ow.ly/1mOt50Xz4mh
https://ow.ly/1mOt50Xz4mh
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It’s #Caturday today and every day is a good day to thwart fascism, so a reminder that you can find my book at your local bookstore or online MagnaCata.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It’s #Caturday today and every day is a good day to thwart fascism, so a reminder that you can find my book at your local bookstore or online MagnaCata.com
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Bathroom Selfie
Nelson White ~ Mi'kmaq
c. 2020
Nelson White ~ Mi'kmaq
c. 2020
November 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Bathroom Selfie
Nelson White ~ Mi'kmaq
c. 2020
Nelson White ~ Mi'kmaq
c. 2020
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Japanese embroidery artist Hiroko Kubota, known for her work highlighting cats #WomensArt
November 29, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Japanese embroidery artist Hiroko Kubota, known for her work highlighting cats #WomensArt
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all the mouse armor photos you were clamoring for!
November 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
all the mouse armor photos you were clamoring for!
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This CBC piece has them!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Mice, cat armour crafted by Calgary metal artist | CBC News
For the last three decades, Calgary metal work artist Jeff de Boer has been creating painstakingly detailed suits of armour for mice and cats.
www.cbc.ca
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This CBC piece has them!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Jeff de Boer has made an entire career out of crafting tiny plate armor. He's compelled by the idea of the underdog finding an edge; something so small being so well-protected.
This artist designs intricate suits of armor. The intended wearer? A humble mouse
Jeff de Boer has made an entire career out of crafting tiny plate armor. He's compelled by the idea of the underdog finding an edge; something so small being so well-protected.
n.pr
November 29, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Jeff de Boer has made an entire career out of crafting tiny plate armor. He's compelled by the idea of the underdog finding an edge; something so small being so well-protected.
WTF
November 29, 2025 at 2:26 AM
WTF
Nuns win reprieve in abandoned convent in Alps - if they stay off social media
x.com/bbcworld/sta...
x.com/bbcworld/sta...
BBC News (World) on X: "Nuns win reprieve in abandoned convent in Alps - if they stay off social media https://t.co/TuamSR3sH8" / X
Nuns win reprieve in abandoned convent in Alps - if they stay off social media https://t.co/TuamSR3sH8
x.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Nuns win reprieve in abandoned convent in Alps - if they stay off social media
x.com/bbcworld/sta...
x.com/bbcworld/sta...
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The /Capitals complete the comeback 🔥
November 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The /Capitals complete the comeback 🔥
WTF is wrong with this team??
the logo for the toronto maple leafs is displayed on a blue background
Alt: the logo for the toronto maple leafs is displayed on a blue background
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
WTF is wrong with this team??
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America, It's Not You, It's...
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
America, It's Not You, It's...
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I love my great big neighbour, Lake Ontario. I think the lakes had a lot in common but I’m learning over time how distinct they are. I know Erie a bit and the more I read, the more fascinating it becomes. The wild seiches which push the lake down one end like a tipped bathtub, for example. And this:
Strong winds that prompted an Environment Canada alert this week have laid bare Lake Erie shoreline not often seen.
But they also — briefly — uncovered a rarely-seen shipwreck.
www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/natu...
But they also — briefly — uncovered a rarely-seen shipwreck.
www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/natu...
Lake Erie shipwreck uncovered by strong winds - The Weather Network
By Thursday morning, water had re-covered the wreck
www.theweathernetwork.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I love my great big neighbour, Lake Ontario. I think the lakes had a lot in common but I’m learning over time how distinct they are. I know Erie a bit and the more I read, the more fascinating it becomes. The wild seiches which push the lake down one end like a tipped bathtub, for example. And this:
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Huge Black Friday lineup turns out to just be for Food Bank
Huge Black Friday lineup turns out to just be for Food Bank
HAMILTON, ON - Local residents this morning report driving past an excitingly long lineup and assuming it was for a blowout Black Friday sale, before realizing that it was just a regular queue for a b...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Huge Black Friday lineup turns out to just be for Food Bank
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild:
Black Bear
Moose
Deer
Wolf
Coyote
Black Bear
Moose
Deer
Wolf
Coyote
November 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild:
Black Bear
Moose
Deer
Wolf
Coyote
Black Bear
Moose
Deer
Wolf
Coyote
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Two-time golf champion Fuzzy Zoeller has died at the age of 74. One of golf's most gregarious characters Zoeller's career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke he made about Tiger Woods. n.pr/4p428Ge
Fuzzy Zoeller, golf champion haunted by racist joke about Tiger Woods, dies at 74
Two-time golf champion Fuzzy Zoeller has died at the age of 74. One of golf's most gregarious characters Zoeller's career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke he made about Tiger Woods.
n.pr
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Two-time golf champion Fuzzy Zoeller has died at the age of 74. One of golf's most gregarious characters Zoeller's career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke he made about Tiger Woods. n.pr/4p428Ge
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ΛRT HΞΛVΞN: Happy birthday to Harlem Renaissance illustrator, artist, sculptor & educator Charles Alston (November 28, 1907–April 27, 1977)
❝I don't believe there's such a thing as “Black art,” though there's certainly been a Black experience. I've lived it. But it's also an American experience.❞
❝I don't believe there's such a thing as “Black art,” though there's certainly been a Black experience. I've lived it. But it's also an American experience.❞
November 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
ΛRT HΞΛVΞN: Happy birthday to Harlem Renaissance illustrator, artist, sculptor & educator Charles Alston (November 28, 1907–April 27, 1977)
❝I don't believe there's such a thing as “Black art,” though there's certainly been a Black experience. I've lived it. But it's also an American experience.❞
❝I don't believe there's such a thing as “Black art,” though there's certainly been a Black experience. I've lived it. But it's also an American experience.❞
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Prolific during the Harlem Renaissance, Charles Alston was known for his grasp on abstract design and the ability to express the social movements that were shaping America at the time.
www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/char...
www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/char...
November 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Prolific during the Harlem Renaissance, Charles Alston was known for his grasp on abstract design and the ability to express the social movements that were shaping America at the time.
www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/char...
www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/char...
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Art by Charles Alston
November 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Art by Charles Alston
Strong winds that prompted an Environment Canada alert this week have laid bare Lake Erie shoreline not often seen.
But they also — briefly — uncovered a rarely-seen shipwreck.
www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/natu...
But they also — briefly — uncovered a rarely-seen shipwreck.
www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/natu...
Lake Erie shipwreck uncovered by strong winds - The Weather Network
By Thursday morning, water had re-covered the wreck
www.theweathernetwork.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Strong winds that prompted an Environment Canada alert this week have laid bare Lake Erie shoreline not often seen.
But they also — briefly — uncovered a rarely-seen shipwreck.
www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/natu...
But they also — briefly — uncovered a rarely-seen shipwreck.
www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/natu...
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NEW: “The strategy [building homes for millennials who hadn’t had kids yet] worked — until millennials aged out of it. As they now enter their 30s-40s & start having children, they’re ditching cities where the housing stock never caught up to their changing needs.”
Bad strategy. Design for kids.
Bad strategy. Design for kids.
Cities made a bet on millennials — but forgot one key thing
Can cities learn to love kids again?
www.vox.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
NEW: “The strategy [building homes for millennials who hadn’t had kids yet] worked — until millennials aged out of it. As they now enter their 30s-40s & start having children, they’re ditching cities where the housing stock never caught up to their changing needs.”
Bad strategy. Design for kids.
Bad strategy. Design for kids.
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Although most US cities have failed at attracting families with kids in downtowns and other urban places (largely through the creation of a self-fulfilling prophesy of failure), other places, including Vancouver, have succeeded. Read my @vox.com interview with @volts.wtf. www.vox.com/2017/6/21/15...
Young families typically leave cities for the suburbs. Here’s how to keep them downtown.
Urbanist Brent Toderian explains how Vancouver held onto its families.
www.vox.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Although most US cities have failed at attracting families with kids in downtowns and other urban places (largely through the creation of a self-fulfilling prophesy of failure), other places, including Vancouver, have succeeded. Read my @vox.com interview with @volts.wtf. www.vox.com/2017/6/21/15...